THERE’S a line in last year’s award-winning movie Conclave where Ralph Fiennes’ Cardinal Lawrence professes to Stanley Tucci’s Cardinal Bellini, as Bellini states he can’t be considered for Pope because he has doubt. The reply was “If there was only certainty and no doubt, there would be no mystery and therefore no need for faith.”

And it’s the week of keeping the faith. The bookmaker promo emails reeled in last Sunday, “In Mullins we trust...” Follow the wise man of Cheltenham. It’s a case of how many winners will he have?